Processus seu negocium canonizacionis B. Katerine de Vadstenis

Sweden, 1477

parchment

ii, 152, ii' leaves

290 × 205–220 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 1r–149v) Report on the hearings of witnesses during Katarina's canonisation process, 1475-1477.

Incipit: [mut.] necnon meritis et miraculis dicte domine Katerine sancte memorie ac miraculorum eius crebrescencia et veritate admisimus

Explicit: In quorum omnium et singulorum fidem et euidens Testimonium premissorum Sigilla nostra vnacum supscripcionibus notariorum seu scribarum nostrorum supra et infrascriptorum presentibus actis nostri apponi iussimus impendenda

Colophon: f. 149vDatum in Ciuitate Strengenensi Anno domini Mcdlxx septimo die Martis Prima Mensis Iulii

Edition: Collijn (1942–1942), pp. 3–198.

2 (ff. 149v–152r) Notarial acts

Incipit: Et ego Conradus gregorii Clericus lincopensis diocesis publicus imperiali auctoritate notarius

Explicit: Ideo hoc presens Registrum seu hec presencia acta manu alterius scripta et registrata de communi voluntate et requisicione prefatorum Dominorum Commissariorum subscripsi Signoque et nomine meis solitis et consuetis vnacum Dictorum Dominorum Commissariorum Sigillorum appensione signaui In fidem et testimonium omnium et singulorum premissorum Rogatus et requisitus

Note: f. 152v blank.

Edition: Collijn (1942–1942), pp. 198–200.

Physical Description

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: LCI, SL1r–SL2v, SR1r–SR2v, RCI

Support: Western paper

Note: LCI RCI ff. SL1r–SL1v ff. SR2r–SR2v thin cardboard, ff. SL2r–SL2v ff. SR1r–SR1v silk paper in layers.

Leaf dimensions: 290 × 220 mm

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1r–152v

Support: Parchment

Leaf dimensions: 290 × 205 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil (1-152).

Contemporary foliation in brown ink xi-clxii (ff. 1r–152r).

Collation

Note: VisColl collation

Formula: 1-8(10), 9(12), 10-13(10), 14(12), 15(8)

Condition

Textblock

First quire, consisting of ten leaves, missing. Four holes visible on all quires, through which the ribbons for the seals were originally drawn. Red mould-stains throughout the volume, particularly large on ff. 36v–39r. On f. 20v, the ink has been damaged by damp, but the text is still legible.

Layout

Locus: ff. 1r–152r

Columns: 1

Written lines: 15–32

Written area: 200/200 × 110/110 mm

Note: Guidelines in lead (not visible on all pages).

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

(ff. 1r–150r)Hybrida (chancery) with occasional looped ascenders. The scribe is Conradus Gregorii, priest in the diocese of Linköping, see Kolsrud (1935), p. 225 and Collijn (1943), p. xxv. On (f. 3r) a mention of Conradus as a scribe: ‘hoc presens instrumentum publicum instrumentum manu mea fideliter scriptum’.

Hand 2

(ff. 150v–151r)Hybrida with occasional looped ascenders. The scribe is Ingemundus Petri, priest in the diocese of Linköping.

Hand 3

(ff. 151r–151v)Hybrida. The scribe is Olaus Johannis, priest in the diocese of Strängnäs.

Hand 4

(ff. 151v–152r)Gothic cursive. The scribe is Olaus Andreae, priest in the diocese of Strängnäs.

Additions

Textblock

(f. 1r) Top of page in pencil by a modern hand: ‘A 93’, in the outer margin: ‘1475’.

(ff. 1r–149v) Marginal annotations in light brown ink by a late medieval hand throughout the volume. According to Kolsrud (1935), p. 225, the scribe of these marginal notes is Johannes Huseman, a notary in Rome ca 1480.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in brown ink.

Initials:

Penwork initials in brown ink over 2-12 lines. Some initials are extended along the margin, for example on (f. 24v).

Images:

Drawn notarial signs in brown ink. (f. 149v): Notarial sign of Conradus Gregorii. (f. 150v): Notarial sign of Ingemundus Petri. In circles the letters ‘In Pe’. At the bottom: ‘Sudercopensis’. (f. 151r): Notarial sign of Olaus Iohannis. At the bottom the letters ‘O io’. (f. 151v): Notarial sign of Olaus Andreae, in the form of a tree. In a banner: ‘Olauus Andree’

Binding

Description:

Modern binding. Spine in light brown leather, with nine double strands of thread fastening the quires. On the the back flap a note with text in black ink in a modern hand: ‘Processus Canonisationis Beatae Katarinae 1477’. On the inside a note in pencil: ‘Häftad 1987 i befintliga hål’ followed by a signature.

Description:

The original red velvet wrappers, with green silk on the f. Cover_inside, described by e.g. Collijn (1943), p. xxii and Odelberg (1965), pp. 63–67. The velvet is woven in a pomegranate pattern and embroidered with ornaments in gold and silver. On the edges a border in gold and silver thread, probably woven in Vadstena monastery. On the spine an embroidery with green and red silk threads, originally fastening the quires. Another manuscript, the so-called ‘Libellus rubeus’ containing the legend and miracles of St Katarina, was originally kept within the wrappers, and is mentioned on f. 87r (‘in quodam paruo libello Rubeo continente xxxvi folia’); this manuscript is now in the Ossolineum library (Poland). The rectangular holes on the spine indicate that the seals were originally fastened here, as well as on the lower part of the front cover. Collijn (1943), p. xii mentions remnants of green wax (no longer visible) on the front cover. Holes for the threads of the seals are visible near the spine. The wrappers were repaired in 1960.

Binding dimensions: 360 × 240 mm

History

Origin

Sweden, 1477

Provenance

The volume was produced in Vadstena, Strängnäs and other places where witnesses were heard during the canonisation process. It was sent to Rome and may have been kept in the Birgitta house for some time. In the 17th century, the manuscript was kept at the Royal Castle in Cracow, see Collijn (1943), p. xxv. It was found at the Dominican convent Ad Sanctam Trinitatem in Cracow by Beda Dudík in 1865.

Acquisition

Purchased by G. E. Klemming for the National Library in 1873. The acquistion process is described in Collijn (1943), pp. xxiv–xxv and Odelberg (1965), pp. 59–61.